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FORTY FINE LADIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1109160
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. White vellum spine, burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Large format. B/w and two tone illustrations. Top edge gilt. Verses to do with fox-hunting which have appeared in Punch previously . SIGNED by author and illustrator. This is copy no. 96. Vellum spine is grubby. Some foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are very nice!

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RIGHT ROYAL
Written by John Masefield. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114104
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and horsehead vignette to front. 4 tipped-in colour plates. A horse-racing poem. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is faded. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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WILD SPORTS & NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Charles St. John.
Stock no. 2113740
Published by James Thin; Mercat Press. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprinted from the T.N.Foulis edition of 1919. Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901824615. Mottling to spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with sticker residue to front panel and a little grubby to rear panel.

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FULL CRY
Written by J. Ivester Lloyd. Illustrated by T. Ivester Lloyd.
Stock no. 1312020
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A collection of hunting sketches. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 148 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Some writing and b/w illustration (taken from blurb of missing wrapper?) pasted on to front pastedown. Year written in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, some foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SEA ANGLING
Written by Alan Wrangles.
Stock no. 2113081
Published by David & Charles. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Revised edition. ISBN: 0715358863. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with browning and grubby marks; minimal loss.

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FISHING FROM MY ANGLE
Written by Cyril Holbrook.
Stock no. 1808607
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Spelling out the value of the sport in the modern world, the benefits for the participants and the doors it can open. ISBN: 0715391240. Front flap of wrapper is mis-cut by printer.

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THE SCIENTIFIC ANGLER
Written by David Foster. Illustrated by David Foster.
Stock no. 2112291
Published by Bemrose & Sons Limited. 11th Almost very good condition.

11th edition. Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling. With illustrations and steel engravings of the author. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned with large black ink 'splash' mark to it; chipping to top. Front cover is bowed. Joints are a bit cracked; showing webbing and weak. Name in ink to front endpaper. A little chipping to some pages. Page browning. Rear free endpaper detached.

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ELEMENTS OF ANGLING A BOOK FOR BEGINNERS
Written by H.T. Sheringham.
Stock no. 2112276
Published by The Field & Queen (horace Cox) Ltd.. 2nd Very good condition.

Second edition. Green cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. This is Circa. 1920s.

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ANGLING IN SALT WATER
Written by John Bickerdyke.
Stock no. 2112275
Published by L. Upcott Gill. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Maroon spine, with gilt title. Marbled boards. B/w illustrations. A Practical Work on Fishing With Rod and Line In the Sea, From the Shore, Piers, Jetties, Rocks, and from Boats, Together with some Account of Hand-Lining. A New edition enlarged, Revised and having many fresh illustrations. Top small piece of spine is torn off. Scuffing and wear along cover edges. Marks to covers. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Some page browning and foxing.

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SEA & COAST FISHING
Written by F.G. Aflalo.
Stock no. 1808197
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black title and illustration to front. Top edge gilt. 228 pages including index plus adverts to rear. Spine browned, a few marks to boards. Front hinge split but binding tight. A few hinges pulled. A few grubby marks to contents. Overall a good working copy.

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SKETCHES OF BRITISH SPORTING FISHES
Written by John Watson.
Stock no. 1808195
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1st 1890. Good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 143 pages. Front board badly dampstained. Front endpaper missing. Name & address to endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents. One or two hinges pulled. A good working copy.

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SALMON THE WORLD'S MOST HARASSED FISH
Written by Anthony Netboy.
Stock no. 1709637
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. The status of one of the world's most extraordinary, and delicious, fish. And the means which can be taken to preserve it. ISBN: 0233968563.

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